IIT, NIT graduates employed as temporary faculty in lower-income states

More than 1,200 graduates from IITs and NITs will teach in engineering colleges in backward districts for a period of three years, said the Union HRD Minister.

HRD Ministry pushes for quality technical education in LISs&nbsp

More than 1,200 graduates from IITs and NITs will teach in engineering colleges in backward districts for a period of three years, Union Minister for Human Resources and Development Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday.

The Minister revealed the decision via a tweet from his official Twitter account. He also underlined that the move will be undertaken as part of the TEQIP III (Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme) which is aimed at enhancing the standard of technical education in backward areas of the country.

While informing that as part of the TEQIP III, 1,215 candidates were cleared to teach at 53 institutes in 11 focus states, Mr. Javadekar also said that the HRD ministry is committed to supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of providing quality education to backward pockets of the country.

Until a time when the respective state governments fill the posts of the teachers required at their centres of technical education, the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU) which implements World Bank Assisted Projects in Technical Education has initiated the online process to engage teachers on a temporary basis.

According to reports, as many as 13,500 candidates applied for 1,320 faculty openings in 33 disciplines across 53 colleges.

Once they were shortlisted by the NPIU, the candidates were screened through an interview process conducted by the 20 NITs. After being put through three rigorous rounds of selection, 1,215 candidates were allotted postings at institutes where they joined on January 19, 2018.

With assistance from the World Bank, the government of India is implementing the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme of Government of India (TEQIP) with an aim to overhaul the quality of technical education in the Low Income States and Special Category States (SCS).

Meanwhile, the National Project Implementation Unit (NPIU), as described by its official website, is a unit of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, established in August 1990 for coordination, facilitation, monitoring and to provide guidance to the States/Institutions in all aspects of the projects.

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